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Intentionally Damaged Rare Coins ('09s-VDB LWC, In This Case)

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Impressive collecting effort for that Stacks auction set.

Alas IMO it was all wasted effort to pursue damaged coins.
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Ouch.
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Stacks Bowers sold a nearly complete type set, all of holed coins.


I say more fun to put together your own set than buy one already assembled. A lot of collectors put together sets of holed coins.
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It's painful to see them like that.
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I'm afraid to go look..
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A few more finds:

1916 SLQ, VF Graffiti
https://coins.ha.com/itm/standing-l...ption-071515

1909-S VDB F Graffiti
https://coins.ha.com/itm/lincoln-ce...tion-071515#

1909-S VDB XF Bent (probably in a vice)
https://coins.ha.com/itm/lincoln-ce...ption-071515

1944-D 1C on a 10 cent planchet, XF Holed (based on research only one of two known that date and mint)
https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/194...ption-071515

Rare double struck 1921 Morgan dollar, obverse graffiti
https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/192...ption-071515

1942/1 dime, XF reverse graffiti
https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37519257

1916 Pattern Dime (2-3 known), AU Proof, lots of reverse damage
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...-damage-pcgs

1916 Pattern Walker Half (10-11 known), VF Proof, obverse tooled/damaged (still sold for $21,600)
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...-tooled-pcgs

1802 Half Dime, AG Details- repaired, whizzed. Also is plugged, heat damaged, bent, tooled, damaged, and cleaned.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/early-half...ption-071515



And finally, for the big one: (I included photos for this one, I had to)


1915-S Pan-Pac Round $50, Genuine. UNC Scraped, scratched, bent. (Appears slightly cleaned too)
And finally, for the big one:
https://coins.ha.com/itm/commemorat...ption-071515
https://www.pcgs.com/cert/06803431
Still sold for $24,000
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It looks like someone scraped it on gravel a lot or something.
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All of these hurts me to look at them. A lot of valuable coins got trashed pretty badly.
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